🌱 We’re so happy to welcome 𝐍𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐙𝐎 to SULLALUNA for the presentation of her beautiful picture book 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍, in conversation with 𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒— one of the most insightful voices in the world of children’s literature.
📅 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑 𝟔𝐩𝐦
📍SULLALUNA NYC
41 Carmine Street - New York
👉Book at the link in bio!
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In addition to collecting 𝟐𝟐 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, this informative book is about the past and present of Indigenous peoples, recounting a long history of struggle and resistance and of defense—not only of their territories but also of their languages and traditional ways of life.
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𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 and in the exile of her parents — a social worker and a draftsman who fled Uruguay’s dictatorship. They met in France, the country that welcomed them, and that contrast between privilege and struggle shaped the world in which she grew up.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐲, where the deep divide between privilege and vulnerability left a lasting mark on her. She often wondered: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧?
Years of travel taught her to see diversity as a richness that broadens our understanding of the world.
𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 — 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬; 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 — 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.
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